Fabric construction guide

ABSTRACT

A guide in the form of an elongated member having a plurality of depending flanges or guides thereon for receiving various items therebetween such as yarn strands when forming a fabric together with a removable retaining rod extending through apertures or eyelets in the flanges to enable assembly and disassembly of the guide with different types of fabric structures and to enable assembly of the guide with various flexible or rigid elongate items adapted to be retained in proper oriented relation.

[111 3,847,052 [451 Nov. 12, 1974 United States Patent 11 1 Morcaldi D 28/54 X Bassist 66/86 A C 723 567 999 NH 328 1 41 FABRIC CONSTRUCTION GUIDE [76] Inventor: Rosario Forlano Morcaldi D, 18 Haynes St., East Boston, Mass. 02028 Primary ExaminerJohn Petrakes Attorney, Agent. or Firm-C1arence A. OBrien; Harvey B. Jacobson [22] Filed: Mar. 28, 1973 Appl. N0.: 345,698

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PAIENIEDuuv 12191 3. 847052 sum 1 w 2 FABRIC CONSTRUCTION GUIDE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to a guide having multiple uses including use in maintaining fabric yarn or strands in proper position during construction of fabrics, maintaining edge portions of net fabrics in connected relation, maintaining wires, cables or the like in properly oriented relation with the guide including means enabling easy assembly and disassembly of the guide with respect to the associated structure.

2. Description of the Prior Art In my prior US. Pat. Nos. 3,673,915, issued July 4, 1972 and 3,548,706, issued Dec. 22, 1970 there is disclosed a loop fabric structure and an attachment for connecting the loop fabric with a roller device. In forming the fabric as in the prior patents, it is desirable to maintain the yarn strands orskeins in properly oriented and tangle-free condition.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the invention is to provide a guide for association with fabric yarn to maintain the yarn strands in properly oriented position when forming a fabric therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to provide a guide for use in connecting edge loop portions of net fabric to form a sling or basket-type structure which may also be used in forming fish nets and the like.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a guide used in association with electrical wires, telephone wires, cables and other strand material for maintaining the strands in properly oriented relationship.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a guide in accordance with the preceding objects in which the guide is provided with an elongated rigid member having a plurality of flanges associated with one side thereof with each of the flanges having one or more aligned apertures for removably receiving a retaining rod to enable the guide to be associated with the members which it is guiding.

Still another feature of the invention is to provide a guide which is simple in construction, easy to use, easy to assemble and disassemble, effective for its particular purposes and utilitarian.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings'forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fabric forming device with the guide of the present invention associated therewith.

FIG. 2 is a transverse, sectional view taken substantially upon a plane passing along section line 22 of FIG. 1 illustrating further structural details of the invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the guide of the present invention employed with a net fabric assembly to form a sling or basket.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken substantially upon a plane passing along section line 44 of FIG. 3 illustrating' further structural details of the guide.

FIG. 5 is a-perspective view illustrating the guide in use with suspended wires or cables in an overhead electric or telephone system.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now specifically to the drawings, the numeral 10 generally designates a frame on which a plurality of threads or strands 12 of yarn are provided with the loop ends 14 of the yarn being connected to a flexible fabric member 16 associated with a roller assembly 18 including a resilient member 20 and operating knobs 22 all of which are the same as disclosed in my two aforementioned patents. The connection between the cloth fabric 16 and the yarn strands 12 is made by a rod 23 extending through the loop ends 14 of the strands l2 and through loops 24 formed by string or cord 28 tied to apertures formed in the edge of the cloth 16 with such apertures being designated by numeral 30 and being formed by grommets or the like. Thus, the rod 23 enables the yarn to be easily connected with the cloth and enabling the fabric to be detached from the cloth after formation thereof. The rod 23 is provided with a loop type handle 32 at one end thereof and the rod may be sufficiently long to rest upon the surface of the frame rails 34 to which the roller assembly is mounted. Stabilizing cords 36 are provided between the outer edge corners of the fabric and the roller assembly for stabilizing the cloth 16 to facilitate its use in forming fabric.

Extending through the loop ends 14 of the yarn strands 12 is a plurality of yarn strands 38 having one end thereof connected with the cloth 16 and the other end being free.

The guide structure is generally designated by reference numeral 40 and includes an elongated bar or strap 42 of rigid construction which includes a plurality of parallel laterally extending flanges 44 on one side thereof with each flange having a pair of apertures 46 therein for removably receiving a pair of retaining rods 48 and 50 each of which may have a ring or loop 52 formed on one end thereof. Thus, the rods 48 and 50 may be removed from connection with the apertures 46 by longitudinal sliding movement with it being pointed out that theapertures 46 are in alignment with each other and may be reinforced by grommets or the like and the bar 42 and flanges 44 may be constructed of any suitable material including relatively heavy cardboard, plastic, metal or the like and being substantially rigid in construction.

Provided on the upper surface of the bar or strap 42 is numerical indicia 54 beginning with the numeral l Corresponding indicia 56 is provided on the cloth 16 adjacent its edge so that the indicia 54 and 56 will be in alignment with each other. As indicated, the numerical indicia progressively increases from one edge to the other and each area or space defined by the flanges 44 is provided with a corresponding identifying numeral. This facilitates formation of the fabric by correlating the spaces along the rod 23 between the loops 24 and the spaces along the guide 40 defined by the flanges 44. As illustrated, a group of yarn strands 12 are received in each space between the flanges 44 with the rods 48 and 50 maintaining the strands separate from each other insofar as the vertical orientation is concerned and also maintaining the strands in groups to facilitate fabric construction when forming a loop fabric or woven fabric with the strands 38 serving as a cushion for the cross yarns and comb used when following a weaving technique. The support of the rod 50 on the top edges of the frame rails 34 provides a guide and supporting arrangement for the guide 40 and by grasping the bar 42 and moving it longitudinally, the guide 40 may be moved longitudinally of the frame rails and the fabric yarns to maintain the fabric yarns in properly oriented relationship to each other.

FIGS. .3 and 4 illustrate another use of the guide structure which in this case is designated generally by reference numeral 60 and which includes a bar 62 having depending flanges 64 each of which is provided with a pair of apertures 66 receiving rods 68 and 70 which structure issubstantially the same as that illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 with it being pointed out that the number and spatial relationships of the flanges 64 may vary. In this construction, the guide is used to connect the edges of a net fabric generally designated by the numeral 72 which include terminal loops 74 and 76 which are supported by the rods 68 and 70 respectively thus connecting the two edges of the net fabric to the guide 60. One end of the net fabric 72 may be provided with a ring 78 in the form of a substantially rigid member such as spring metal or the like to retain the mouth of the net in open condition. The other end of the net fabric device such as a fish basket, fish net, net sling or basketball goal net inasmuch as the two edges of the net fabric may be readily connected and disconnected by inserting and removing the rods 68 and 70 respectively.

FIG. illustrates the guide generally designated by numeral 80 used in association with a plurality of wires or cables 82 such as those employed in electrical systems and telephone systems which are supported on poles .84 and crossarms 86 in a well known manner. In this construction, the bar 88 is the same as the arrangement in FIGS. 1-4 and the flanges 90 and related apertures and rods are the same but the two edges of the bar 88 are provided with a pair of loops 92 each of which are connected with a towing harness 94 in the form of converging lines connected to a single line 96 by a suitable connector 98 which enables the guide 80 to be pulled from pole to pole or crossarm to crossarm by persons climbing the pole thereby maintaining the wires or cables 82 in properly oriented and spaced relation during assembly and positioning of the cables and wires on the crossarms. Also, the cables or wires may be maintained in spaced relation by permanently locat ing the guide 80 intermediate the poles and crossarms.

The guide device may be used in various ways to retain elongate members in order with the flanges serving to guide such members and retain them in general parallelism while the rods enable assembly and disassembly of guide device and vertical separation of the elongate members.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

l. A guide for use in forming a fabric and associated with a frame having longitudinally extending frame rails having a plurality of parallel fabric yarns disposed therebetween, said guide comprising a transverse bar having depending flanges defining transverse spaces receiving groups of yarn strands, a pair of rods extending through said flanges in vertically spaced relation for maintaining each group of strands divided into upper and lower groups to retain the yarn strands in orderly orientation, said rods being removable from the flanges to enable assembly and disassembly of the guide with respect to the yarns.

2. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein said guide includes numerical indicia on the upper surface thereof with the numerical indicia being associated with the spaces between the flanges in order to identify each of such spaces.

3. The structure as defined in claim 2 wherein said rods extend beyond the flanges on the guide and overlie and engage the frame rails for enabling guided movement of the guide along the frame rails formaintaining and separating the yarn strands throughout their length by moving the guide longitudinally thereof.

4. The structure as defined in claim 3 wherein said frameincludes a transverse flexible cloth detachably connected to the ends of the yarn strands, said cloth including numerical indicia corresponding with the numerical indicia on the guide for correlating the spaces on the end edge of the cloth with the spaces on the guide.

5. A guide comprising an elongated transverse bar having a plurality of substantially parallel, spaced flanges projecting from one side thereof, said flanges including two end flanges coincident with the ends of the bar and at least one intermediate flange defining at least two spaces to one side of said bar, each of said flanges including a pair of holes disposed in longitudinal spaced alignment therein, and a pair of rods insertable longitudinally through the holes in parallel relation to the bar and in spaced alignment with the bar and each other, said rods being longer than the distance between the outermost flanges whereby said flanges and rods are adapted to receive a plurality of groups of yarns in the spaces defined thereby, adapted to connect the end edges of net fabric together and adapted to re ceive wires on cables suspended from adjacent supporting poles therebetween. 

1. A guide for use in forming a fabric and associated with a frame having longitudinally extending frame rails having a plurality of parallel fabric yarns disposed therebetween, said guide comprising a transverse bar having depending flanges defining transverse spaces receiving groups of yarn strands, a pair of rods extending through said flanges in vertically spaced relation for maintaining each group of strands divided into upper and lower groups to retain the yarn strands in orderly orientation, said rods being removAble from the flanges to enable assembly and disassembly of the guide with respect to the yarns.
 2. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein said guide includes numerical indicia on the upper surface thereof with the numerical indicia being associated with the spaces between the flanges in order to identify each of such spaces.
 3. The structure as defined in claim 2 wherein said rods extend beyond the flanges on the guide and overlie and engage the frame rails for enabling guided movement of the guide along the frame rails for maintaining and separating the yarn strands throughout their length by moving the guide longitudinally thereof.
 4. The structure as defined in claim 3 wherein said frame includes a transverse flexible cloth detachably connected to the ends of the yarn strands, said cloth including numerical indicia corresponding with the numerical indicia on the guide for correlating the spaces on the end edge of the cloth with the spaces on the guide.
 5. A guide comprising an elongated transverse bar having a plurality of substantially parallel, spaced flanges projecting from one side thereof, said flanges including two end flanges coincident with the ends of the bar and at least one intermediate flange defining at least two spaces to one side of said bar, each of said flanges including a pair of holes disposed in longitudinal spaced alignment therein, and a pair of rods insertable longitudinally through the holes in parallel relation to the bar and in spaced alignment with the bar and each other, said rods being longer than the distance between the outermost flanges whereby said flanges and rods are adapted to receive a plurality of groups of yarns in the spaces defined thereby, adapted to connect the end edges of net fabric together and adapted to receive wires on cables suspended from adjacent supporting poles therebetween. 